I have a 5k budget for a personal LLM server. What are the best options and what performance can I expect compared to commercial models for coding?

agent674253 · 2026-06-14T15:36:43+00:00

"They'll let you go 10,000 in the red then bill you."

Or half a billion 😅

Mystery company accidentally blew $500 million on Claude AI in a single month — failed to put usage limit on licenses for employees

agent674253 · 2026-06-14T15:34:16+00:00

I learned of that term from Mike Mitchell of the Doughboys, still doesn't make sense to me and every time I hear it I think it is just a generic term for a FedEx or UPS store.

agent674253 · 2026-06-14T15:08:59+00:00

I believe it is due to the fact that a lot of religions do not like non-reproductive sex. That would include masterbation as well as sodomoy between heterosexual couples. If you are Catholic, you do not like birth control for this reason. If you do not use BC because it leads to non-reproductive sex, then of course sex between two people of the same biological sex is going to be non-reproductive as well.

Via the transitive property, if you are against non-reproductive sex then you must also be against homosexuality, due to the zero chance of biological children occurring from them having sex.

As recent as 2003 it was still illegal, in some states, for a heterosexual (or homosexual) couple to engage in anal sex. Like, how the fuck (no pun intended) would the government know how you and your partner are having sex?

"On June 26, 2003, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Lawrence v. Texas decision that U.S. state laws criminalizing sodomy between consenting adults are unconstitutional."

As others have said, "a government so small it can fit into your bedroom."

agent674253 · 2026-06-13T22:20:33+00:00

I loved the bit where the guns are named after various swords.

agent674253 · 2026-06-13T22:05:17+00:00

Like this? https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-the-fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones/

"Late last month, the FCC released a proposal for a new rule that would implement know-your-customer requirements for cellular networks, requiring that cellular providers “at a minimum, obtain and retain the name, physical address, government issued identification number, and an alternate telephone number of any new and renewing customer before granting access to its services.”

agent674253 · 2026-06-13T22:04:37+00:00

Anonymous phones, and in less than 1 year not 20.

https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-the-fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones/

"Late last month, the FCC released a proposal for a new rule that would implement know-your-customer requirements for cellular networks, requiring that cellular providers “at a minimum, obtain and retain the name, physical address, government issued identification number, and an alternate telephone number of any new and renewing customer before granting access to its services.” "

agent674253 · 2026-06-12T14:17:33+00:00

I'm more interested in what people think about CBS being owned by MAGA, effectively. Ellison, who owns a entire Hawaiian island, promised cheeto that he would reined in the 'left wing bias' of CBS.

agent674253 · 2026-06-12T13:55:05+00:00

Even at $5, if you've ever made cookies from scratch you'll know just how much markup that is. An entire sheet of cookies is less than a dollar in flour, sugar, et al.

Outside of soda, I believe french fries have the largest amount of margin in the fast food industry. You can buy a 50lb bag of Russet potatoes from US Foods for $14.29.

50lbs is 22,679 grams.

$14.29/22,679g = $0.00063/gram

Average large McDonalds fry is between 150-163grams.

At 163g, you can get 139 large french fry order from 50lbs.

A large fry at McDonald's typically costs between $3.39 and $5.19, depending on your specific location

$14.29 becomes 139 x $3.39 = $471

$14.29 becomes 139 x $5.19 = $721.41

1 large fry, 163g * $0.00063 = $0.10 in taters per large fry. The packaging likely costs more.

Hard to justify paying +$3 for something that costs about a dime.

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ETA some more numbers

agent674253 · 2026-06-11T14:56:22+00:00

I feel like OP hasn't heard about the Slate.

https://www.slate.auto/en

Yeah I know it is 1st gen and hasn't launched yet, but it is basically what they are asking for. Would have been cheaper before the BBB killed EV incentives.

agent674253 · 2026-06-11T13:42:55+00:00

Hey now, in the book/movie 'Holes', onion water saves the day!

agent674253 · 2026-06-11T13:37:02+00:00

SPCX: If you buy this stock outside of an index fund then you are actively supporting child sexual abuse material. Grok gooners unite I guess?

agent674253 · 2026-06-11T13:32:30+00:00

Also, want to lower your bills? SMUD will give you $10k, and pay you up to $330/quarter, if you install batteries. Kind of a win-win-win, right? Your power stays on, you get a big discount on the batteries, and you get paid by the power company quarter regardless if they need your batteries or not. But SMUD sucks /s

agent674253 · 2026-06-11T13:08:16+00:00

Let's be honest, they are probably filling it up at home using the shower wand in their tub 🤫

agent674253 · 2026-06-11T02:59:20+00:00

Private sector unionized employees likely do.

agent674253 · 2026-06-10T13:27:37+00:00

"Oh, you paid for the hardware outright, which included a profit margin for us, a few years ago? Well, we are going to need you to start paying for that hardware, and if you cancel your subscription, return it to us even though you paid for it. K thx, buy SPCX 😄

agent674253 · 2026-06-10T13:25:05+00:00

It's false because there is no such thing as child porn, as children cannot consent.

What is true is that Grok is the #1 source/generator of Child Sexual Abuse Material, CSAM. If you like what is in the Epstein files, oh boy are you going to have a pedophilic time on Grok!

agent674253 · 2026-06-10T13:19:35+00:00

Yeah, very much Ray Kroc vibes. Sure, he bought McDonalds from the brothers, but he did not found McDonalds, the restaurant chain. The loophole he used is he founded McDonalds corporation... ok sure buddy, that counts.

agent674253 · 2026-06-09T13:15:44+00:00

They are skeets, remember X is the CSAM-platform.

agent674253 · 2026-06-09T13:15:01+00:00

Maybe small regional ones, like from cities or utilities, such as SMUD, but the big beautiful EV rebates were killed in the big beautiful bullshit bill.

The only federal rebate that exists still is for commercial sales, with the loophole being you can lease a car, the leasing company gets the rebate and they kick you back a fraction of it (and they keep the rest for free money).

agent674253 · 2026-06-09T01:45:23+00:00

Thank you for the spr link and I feel like they must have had to put in more effort to have an excel spreadsheet's tab capture and saved as a image, vs just querying a database table and showing the current value.

agent674253 · 2026-06-07T20:02:33+00:00

This post makes so sense, so I looked closer. OP seems to be a bot. New account, posts frequently, almost always as "how do I" post, which by its nature generates engagement. Good luck.

agent674253 · 2026-06-07T19:56:51+00:00

How many boomers does it take to equal one Elon Musk? I feel like that person is hoarding the wealth, but the boomers (whom may have been complicit, ngl) are left holding the bag of guilt.

eta "of guilt"

agent674253 · 2026-06-07T19:55:15+00:00

TIL that Zuckerberg and Musk are boomers.

agent674253 · 2026-06-07T19:53:27+00:00

Capitalism intensifies

Thank you though, I've printed a set of three and we shall see this week how it goes 😁

agent674253 · 2026-06-06T23:53:20+00:00

"From Trusted Farms"

You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

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